Certification Requirements

When you submit your skill to the Alexa skills store, it must pass a certification process before it can be published live to Amazon customers. Before you submit your new skill for certification, you should perform your own quality assurance testing. If you are doing a beta test with a limited group of customers, you should also follow this checklist to ensure those customers also have a good experience.

This checklist summarizes the testing you should do to prepare your skill for the certification process.

Note: If you do not have a device with Alexa, you can use the Test Simulator to test your Alexa skill.

These tests verify that the information presented in the Alexa App accurately reflects the core functionality of your skill. This improves the experience when customers initially enable and begin using your skill.

These tests verify the quality of your voice user interface. Interacting with a voice interface is a new experience for most customers. A robust interface with useful supportive prompts makes the experience feel more like a conversation.